eReserve Plus

eReserve Plus provides the most appropriate resources for ākonga at the time and place they need them. Integrated with Moodle, it acts as a bibliography that students can click on to get direct access to their readings.

This guide will show you how to use eReserve Plus and how to integrate it with your Moodle course.

Using eReserve has many benefits for those who use it.  

• Resources are embedded directly into course content, increasing ākonga engagement with learning material.
• Kaiako can track student engagement with the resources they choose to provide, how many ākonga access them, and how often they access them. This gives us useful statistics to measure the value of our investments in the resources, as well as identify those who don’t engage and may therefore be at risk of failing their courses.
• Kaiako can also engage with ākonga on the resources by adding notes. For example, to instruct students what to do or which pages to read in a resource.  
• eReserve will also provide a report that can be sent to Copyright NZ, ensuring we do not breach copyright and that creators are fairly paid for their efforts. This greatly reduces the workload of previous years.

See the instructions below for how to set up eReserve in your Moodle course.

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1. Log into Moodle

2. Find your course – it is important that you ensure your 2025 Moodle sites fit the standard naming conventions.​ Eg: CART510/2501.

See your teaching and learning team representative for help.

4. Make sure you are in edit mode.

5. Add an activity or resource:

6. Click external tool:

7. Choose eReserve from the drop down menu and save an activity name: “eReserve”

8. Click Save and return to course.

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1. Click into eReserve:

2. Click New list:

3. Set the time frame you want the list available for:

4. Find your course and semester, then click Ungrouped readings:

5. Select the readings you want to add to your course:

6. Scroll back to the top and click Next, then Create:

7. Publish your list:

8. Change your role to Student to see your list:

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Once a reading has been added, eReserve runs a check. If all is okay, it is immediately uploaded to your list.

If it's not okay, eReserve will tell you the reading needs further assessment. Usually, this means:

• the library already has a later edition in the catalogue 
• the metadata needs completing
• a better source link is required
• a check needs to happen to ensure the reading meets with copyright regulations. Your Liaison Librarian and/or QAU will check it and provide an appropriate copy.

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It's not necessary to provide links to websites or work you have created yourself, unless you want all your resources in one place for your ākonga.

1. From your Moodle course, click into eReserve, then click Add:

2. Choose between existing resources from either the eReserve list or from the Wintec Library:

3. Select the resource you want by clicking on it.

4. Choose the reading importance:

5. Click Submit.

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To embed a reading into your course content, your list must be active, approved and published.

1. Go to your Moodle page, make sure you are in edit mode, and edit the section of text where you want to add readings:

2. Place your cursor where you want the resource to go and click on the eReserve logo:

3. Select the list where the resource is located:

4. Choose the resource folder, then the resource:

5. Click Next at the top of the page:

6. You will see a preview of the readings you have selected. If you are happy with your selection, choose the Create button:

7. The embedded readings will appear in your text editor as shown below. Be sure to use the Save changes button to finalise the changes to your course.

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